Bonbons and music for lovers NATO leaders

waterloo - For the 29 NATO leaders, the subjects at their two-day summit in Brussels are heavy costs, but their partners are treated to bonbons, hats and a concert. For the ladies Trump and Macron, the husband of the Luxembourger Xavier Bettel and all the other partners, a separate program has been put together with the wife of NATO boss Jens Stoltenberg and the girlfriend of the Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel as hostesses.

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The partners will be welcomed Wednesday afternoon in Waterloo, just below Brussels, where they will hear a classical concert at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel. There is also a chocolate tasting and a hat exhibition. The famous couturier Edouard Vermeulen from fashion house Natan where Queen Maxima scores many dresses, is also present.